Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

Speculators always present opportunities for genuine investors to -- pick under-priced stocks, and- exit over-priced

Birds do not attend flight schools

Oh, monsters are scared, " said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.

A dunk is nice because it can create momentum, but it's not as good as scoring a touchdown.

I'm glad that as a 33-year-old working mother, I can still choose to wear a Hello Kitty T-shirt or stay up late scrolling through the Twitter feed of my junior-high crush.

Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials.

I swim three times a week.

I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.